Acute & Intermediate Med/Surg RN - $30-47 per hour

BJC HealthCare; Belleville (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition Assistance

Learning & Development

Job summary

BJC HealthCare in Belleville, Illinois is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for Med Surg / Telemetry to join our inpatient team. The role provides direct patient care in a fast-paced hospital setting.

You will assess and implement care plans, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and participate in patient education, safety, and quality initiatives. The Magnet designation and extensive nursing resources support professional growth at Memorial Hospital Belleville.

Qualifications

• Nursing diploma or associate's degree in nursing.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
• Active RN license required.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Educates patients and families on illness, treatment, home care, and medications.
• Promotes patient safety and participates in quality and regulatory initiatives.
• Develops and documents care plans with the interprofessional team and family.
• Adheres to safety-sensitive position requirements.

Skills

Patient care

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Job description

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Med Surg / Telemetry for a nursing job in Belleville, Illinois.

Job Description & Requirements

Specialty: Med Surg / Telemetry

Discipline: RN

Duration: Ongoing

Employment Type: Staff

We are searching for RN's in the areas below:

Inpatient Surgical: Barnes-Jewish Hospital Inpatient Surgery is a fast-paced, multidisciplinary hospital unit that provides specialized pre-operative and post-operative care for patients undergoing complex surgical procedures. The department cares for a wide range of surgical populations including trauma, transplant, orthopedic, thoracic, GI, vascular, urology, ENT, and hepatobiliary patients.

Acute Medicine: Acute Care Medicine at Barnes-Jewish includes approximately 300 beds and is a high-acuity inpatient medical unit that provides comprehensive care for patients with complex conditions including heart and renal failure, endocrine disorders, GI diseases, infectious diseases, respiratory illnesses, and hematologic conditions.

NeuroSciences: The department includes Neuro Medicine units, a Neurosurgical Step-Down Unit, and one of the nation’s largest Neuro ICUs, offering nurses and staff exposure to cutting-edge technology, multidisciplinary collaboration, and evidence-based care in a nationally recognized academic teaching hospital environment.

Overview

Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Memorial Hospital Shiloh, a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.

2 Center is a 29-bed unit providing nursing care for oncology and medical-surgical patients, including administering inpatient chemotherapy.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment. Educates patients and their families on how to manage their illness or injury, including post treatment home care needs and medication administration.
• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance. Participates in professional development.
• Develops, implements, and documents individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team and patient, family or caregiver in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care. Proactively plans and ensures communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.
• Uses critical nursing skills to assess and evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs according to standards of care. Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population-specific needs.
• BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Minimum Requirements

• Education
• Nursing Diploma/Associate's - NursingExperience
• No Experience
• Supervisor Experience
• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

• Education
• Bachelor's Degree - NursingExperience
• <2 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Equal Opportunity Employer

BJC HealthCare Job ID #117130. Posted job title: Acute & Intermediate Med/Surg Nurse RN

About BJC HealthCare

BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice. BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits in the state of Missouri. BJC and its hospitals and health service organizations provide $785.9 million annually in community benefit. That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. In addition, BJC provides additional community benefits through commitments to research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach and community health programs and regional economic development.